Backcountry skiing in Wanaka, 1-day Introductory course

If you join me on this 1-day introductory course to backcountry skiing, I will help teach you the basics of this fantastic activity so you can then have the confidence to ski to your hearts content around different areas, helped by the fact this course is located in the breathtaking and beautiful region of Wanaka, on New Zealand’s South Island.

Wanaka is an extremely popular holiday destination in New Zealand, located just 120km from the world famous Queenstown and best known for its gorgeous and idyllic Lake Wanaka, which sits beneath picturesque and majestic snow-capped mountains. Wanaka contains some of the best Winter outdoor activity conditions in the country, and a wide array of flora and fauna.

Beginning in the morning, where we meet in the town itself, we then give out safety information and equipment, before heading off the mountains to begin skiing.

Over the course of the day we will teach you the essentials of backcountry skiing, which will help you tackle some of the less-challenging backcountry routes, and also avalanche awareness and how to read weather conditions.

It’s hard to overstate how stunning and magnificent the scenery in Wanaka is, as the snowy mountains looming over the truly epic lake, as well the abundance of greenery and rich, vivacious colours make for a special sight.

We finish the day late in the afternoon back in town, hopefully having whetted your appetite for backcountry skiing!

Learning backcountry skiing in the setting of Wanaka is a once in a lifetime experience – book now to get it!